Swanna 149/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Swanna is Pokédex #581, generation 5 (Unova). Swanna is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Ducklett. In this catalog that name is Ducklett (#580).

Swanna sits at 149/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 149 of 201. Before it is 148 Ducklett, and after it is 150 Bunnelby. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Sky Circus is listed as Ability. If you played Bird Keeper from your hand during this turn, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs. The attack Feather Slice lists 70+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard a card from your hand. If you do, this attack does 70 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. The flavor text reads "Swanna start to dance at dusk. The one dancing in the middle is the leader of the flock." The regulation mark is D.

Swanna (#581) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Swanna 37/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Taira Akitsu illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Swanna list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Taira Akitsu. I count 56 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Swanna can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.